Looking for input on system purchase

[a-10tankkiller]

Turning into a wishy washy old man. Was going to build a desktop and buy a laptop also for work, now debating whether to just do one or the other.
Desktop- build myself
Asus P5n32- e sli MB
Core2 Duo E6600
2 gigs Ram
2 dual head Video cards
Plus all the other parts ~$1350-1500.
Laptop- would be
17" WSXGA+ (1680x1050) "Color Shine" Widescreen LCD w/PCI-e
T7200 (2.0GHz) 4mb cache 667 FSB
nVidia GeFOrce Go with 512mb
most likely add Matrox Dualhead2GO to have 3 screens available
with extra stuff $2050
I'll lose my current laptop to oldest this year.
Any input on my sanity or part selection, or which you view as best option appreciated.

[Airencracken]

Dual head video cards? Nvidia or ATI? I'm an Nvidia guy myself. Partially because Nvidia plays nice with linux.

[a-10tankkiller]

nVidia video cards. Haven't made a final decision on which. So far I've had an ATI melt down on me and my nVidia's have had no problems.

[LPMiller]

that's just luck, and as nothing to do with ati or nvida. Might have something to do with the branding of the card, though. I mean, nvidia doesn't really *make* video cards in that sense. And ATI only makes some of them. So you know, luck of the draw.

[stufine]

i had 1 dual head cheapie maxtor.. but never really used the dual head as much as i thought i would.. what did i miss?
core2 duo and 2g gets thumbs up from me

[ski]

My general opinion is that you can't lose right now with any dual-core CPU, 2 GB of RAM (unless you're running Vista?), SLI video (I only have 1 256mb video card which does okay, but even 2x256 will help spread the load).

You'll be fine for the next year for a bare minimum of those specs... choose the mid to high shelf within this category and you'll be good for 2-3 years.